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Festuca alpina Suter

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Festuca

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Festuca alpina: The leaf blades are scabrous and rough to the touch especially in the direction from tip to base; the leaf blades also tend to persist in a folded state and nev
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Arabic
فستوكة ألبية
Chinese
阿尔卑斯羊茅
Czech
Kostřava alpská
German
Alpen-Schwingel

Synonyms

  • Festuca alpina subsp. riverae Chas, Kerguélen & Plonka
  • Festuca alpina var. gaucheri (St.-Yves) Kerguélen
  • Festuca alpina var. subviolacea Ducommun
  • Festuca alpina var. suteri St.-Yves
  • Festuca alpina var. viridis Ducommun
  • Festuca malyi Widder
  • Festuca micevskiana Kostad.
  • Festuca ovina subsp. alpina (Suter) Hack.
  • Festuca ovina var. alpina (Suter) Wimm. & Grab.
  • Festuca ovina var. djurdjurae (Trab.) St.-Yves
  • Festuca ovina var. gaucheri St.-Yves
  • Festuca ovina var. suteri St.-Yves
  • Poa ovina var. alpina (Suter) Wimm. & Grab.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.